Well...that escalated quickly!

There is a saying... "Life is what happens when you're making other plans."

The latest news is that our appraisal for both houses is finally complete.  The appraiser had some difficulty finding comparables to the cabin.  There apparently aren't many, if any, 640 square foot, 1 bedroom houses with a full kitchen and bath on 1 acre of land.  The main house was no problem.  With the appraisal complete the bank told us closing would be soon and gave us the go ahead to tell the builder (Tracy Marsh) to get started.

You're about to get a serious makeover!

As you may remember, our plan is to get the Cabin started first so we can finish cleaning out the main house and, so Neta's Dad doesn't have to move until the cabin is ready.  The builder said he would get started on the Cabin the week of March 21.  We're only a week away!

We'd told our landlord a couple of months back that we would like to extend our rental contract on a month-to-month basis after it ends as our build will probably take us a few months beyond.  He said he had no problem and could work with us.  Our landlord lives in NC and has a company administer the property for him.  To be official we emailed both him and the rental company our intention to extend beyond the end of our contract.  We received a reply from the landlord the next morning.  This is where "life happens".

He recently had an opportunity fall into his lap to work at Georgia Southern University here in Statesboro (his alma mater, as he grew up here...in this house).  While it's not official yet - no paperwork signed - it would start in the middle of the summer and he would move back here...to this area...to this house.

Nothing has been decided.  He told us that a lot of factors are involved including his wife wrapping up her job in NC along with figuring out what to do with their house in NC.  The situation is pretty fluid for him...and for us now.

So...the (possible) worst case scenario is that we'll have to move out at the end of our rental contract before our house is done and find a new place for a short stay.  Regardless of how things turn out, to cover ourselves, we decided to shift our plans into overdrive.  We called Tracy and asked him if he could start on both houses simultaneously.  He said he could.  So demo will start on the main house in a week.  Neta's dad, Terrell, is moving in with us for the couple of months it will take to renovate the Cabin.  Not exactly what any of us had in mind.  Surprise!!!

We'll make the adjustments and get it all figured out.  I'm sure once this is all over it will only make us appreciate the new house and farm even more.  We'll look back in years to come and remember all of the adventures that we'll have gone through to make all of this happen.

Lots of family memories...

Life...right?